JPH0836581A - Shared dictionary consulting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the management of a shared dictionary, and to prevent the error of one operator from influencing all the operators. CONSTITUTION:An input means 11 inputs a dictionary access request from an input/output interface device 3, and a management data separating means 12 separates a keyword for consulting the dictionary and data other than the keyword from the dictionary access request, and a dictionary managing means 13 collates the data other than the keyword with a dictionary management table 14, and constructs a virtual dictionary 14 from an actual dictionary 2. A dictionary retrieving means 16 retrieves the virtual dictionary 15 by the keyword, and an output means 17 delivers a retrieved result to the input/output interface device 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shared dictionary lookup apparatus, and more particularly to a shared dictionary lookup apparatus for performing dictionary lookup from a dictionary shared by a plurality of workers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A dictionary lookup device is a device required for a machine translation device, a review support device, etc., and is also a device that functions as a single dictionary lookup device.

Conventionally, a dictionary lookup device has been used in an environment where one worker is present, but due to the development of networks, it has come to be shared by a plurality of workers in machine translation, editing support, dictionary lookup and the like. . However, conventionally, when using the dictionary lookup device, the problem when a plurality of workers share a dictionary has not been taken into consideration (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 64-64).
-41066 gazette "dictionary look-up support device" etc.).

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional dictionary lookup apparatus, since the problem in the case where a plurality of workers share a dictionary is not taken into consideration when using the dictionary lookup apparatus, the dictionary lookup is performed by a plurality of workers. However, there is a problem that when one worker makes a change to a dictionary, the change affects the work of other workers. For example, if a worker makes an incorrect dictionary registration, all workers who share the dictionary will make the same error.

In order to prevent such an error, it is possible to divide the dictionary for each worker, but in such a case, there is a problem that sharing the dictionary is meaningless.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily manage a shared dictionary and solve a problem that an error of one worker affects all workers. To provide a device.

[0007]

A shared dictionary lookup apparatus according to the present invention comprises a dictionary management table for storing management information representing a relationship between a worker and a real dictionary accessible by the worker, and an input / output interface device. The input means for inputting the dictionary access request, the management data separating means for separating the entry word for drawing the dictionary from the dictionary access request input by the input means and the data other than the entry word, and the management data separating means Dictionary management means for constructing a virtual dictionary from a real dictionary by collating data other than the separated headwords with the dictionary management table, and dictionary search for searching the virtual dictionary with the headwords separated by the management data separation means And means for outputting the result retrieved by the dictionary retrieval means to the input / output interface device.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a shared dictionary lookup device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The shared dictionary lookup device 1 of this embodiment includes an input unit 11, a management data separating unit 12, a dictionary managing unit 13, a dictionary managing table 14, a virtual dictionary 15, a dictionary searching unit 16, and an outputting unit 17. It is configured to include. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a plurality of real dictionaries A, B, C, ... And 3 denotes an input / output interface device 3.

FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of the real dictionary 2.
The real dictionary 2 is composed of a search table composed of headwords and data addresses, and a dictionary data section for storing dictionary data. The real dictionary 2 may be a plurality of dictionaries such as a user dictionary managed by an operator or a reference-only dictionary that collects only technical terms.

The input / output interface device 3 is a device for exchanging data with devices other than the shared dictionary lookup device 1. As a device other than the shared dictionary lookup device 1, a machine translation device, a review support device, an electronic mail device, a terminal device, etc. can be considered.

The dictionary management table 14 includes a virtual dictionary 15
Can describe how to build. As an example of the description,
"The updated contents of worker X are not reflected in the virtual dictionary.",
"Always reflect the updated contents of worker Y in the virtual dictionary",
“For the entry word that the worker Z has not referred to or updated before, the updated content of the worker X is reflected in the virtual dictionary.”
And so on. Also, the dictionary management table 14
Updateability information regarding the real dictionary 2 can also be described. As an example of the description, "there is no worker who can update the technical term dictionary", "the update content of the dictionary of the worker X is the worker X".
"Limited to private dictionaries". Further, the dictionary management table 14 can describe information about workers. As an example of the description, "worker X belongs to group H" or "registered content of group H has priority over group I" can be considered.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the management information of the dictionary management table 14. The first line "X (GRP.H,
W: DIC. A) ”means that worker X belongs to group H,
The dictionary A, which uses the dictionary A, can be updated by the worker X (W), and defines that the dictionary of the group H has priority over the dictionary A when working. 2nd line "Y
(W: DIC.B, GRP.I) "means that the worker Y uses the dictionary B and belongs to the group I. The dictionary B can be updated by the worker Y (W). It defines that it takes precedence over the I dictionary.
"H (L: DIC.C, L: DIC.D)" on the 3rd line
Defines that workers belonging to group H use dictionaries C and D, neither dictionaries C nor D can be updated (L), and dictionaries C have priority over dictionaries D during work. There is. "I (W: DIC.
C, L: DIC. D, GRP. J) ”means that workers belonging to group I use dictionaries C and D, dictionary C
Can be updated (W), the dictionary D cannot be updated (L), the dictionary C is prioritized over the dictionary D when working, and workers belonging to group I always belong to group J. are doing. The fifth line, "J (L:
DIC. E) ”means that the workers belonging to group J are in dictionary E
, Which defines that the dictionary E cannot be updated (L).

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of the virtual dictionary 15. The virtual dictionary 15 is composed of a search table including headwords, write flags, dictionary names, and data addresses (there may be a plurality). The dictionary data part of the virtual dictionary 15 is also used as the dictionary data part of the real dictionary 2 (the dictionary data part of the real dictionary 2 may be duplicated and used). The search table of the virtual dictionary 15 is created according to the management information of the dictionary management table 14, and in the list of the real dictionaries 2 in the management information, the real dictionary 2 on the left has a higher priority than the real dictionary 2 on the right. It

Referring to FIG. 5, the process of constructing the virtual dictionary 15 of the dictionary management means 13 is as follows: worker information input step S101, real dictionary list creation step S102, belonging group presence / absence determination step S103, and belonging group. Information input step S104, real dictionary list expansion step S105, virtual dictionary search table creation step S1
It consists of 06.

Referring to FIG. 6, the processing of the dictionary search means 16 at the time of requesting a dictionary update is a dictionary update request step S201.
, Entry word search table input step S202, write flag, dictionary name and data address acquisition step S203, write flag check step S204
And a dictionary data update step S205 and a real dictionary end determination step S206.

Referring to FIG. 7, the processing of the dictionary search means 16 at the time of requesting a dictionary reference is a dictionary reference request step S301.
And an entry word search table input step S302, a dictionary name and data address acquisition step S303, a dictionary data reference step S304, and a dictionary data output step S305.

Next, the operation of the shared dictionary lookup apparatus 1 of the present embodiment thus constructed will be described.

The input / output interface device 3 inputs a dictionary access request from a device other than the shared dictionary lookup device 1 to the input means 11.

The input means 11 passes the dictionary access request input from the input / output interface device 3 to the management data separating means 12.

The management data separating means 12 separates the entry word (key) for drawing the dictionary in the dictionary access request from the data other than the entry word. As the data other than the headwords, the type of dictionary access request (update, reference, etc.), request time, requester name (worker name), etc. can be considered. The management data separating means 12 sends the entry word to the dictionary searching means 16 and sends the data other than the entry word to the dictionary managing means 13.

When the dictionary management means 13 receives the data other than the entry word, if it is the first dictionary access request of the worker, the dictionary management means 13 collates the data other than the entry word with the management information of the dictionary management table 14, and the virtual dictionary 15 Build a lookup table for.

More specifically, the dictionary management means 13 first inputs the worker information from the dictionary management table 14 (step S101) and creates a list of the real dictionary 2 (step S).
102). Next, the dictionary management means 13 determines whether there is a group to which the worker belongs (step S1).
03), if there is a belonging group, the belonging group information is input from the dictionary management table 14 (step S10).
4) and expands to the list of the real dictionary 2 (step S10
5) The control is returned to step S103. Dictionary management means 1
3, the steps S103 to S105 are performed in step S103.
Repeat until there is no group to which the worker belongs.

For example, the dictionary management table 1 shown in FIG.
In the example of the management information of No. 4, in the list of the real dictionary 2 of the worker X, “GRP.H” in “X (GRP.H, W: DIC.A)” on the first line is the third line. "H (L: DIC.C,
L: DIC. D) ”is used to expand the
(L: DIC.C, L: DIC.D, W: DIC.
A) ”is created.

The list of the real dictionary 2 of the worker Y is 2
"G in" Y (W: DIC.B, GRP.I) "on the line
RP. I ”in the 4th line,“ I (W: DIC.C, L: D
IC. D, GRP. J) ”to develop and then“ G ”
RP. By expanding "J" using "J (L: DIC.E)" on the 5th line, "Y (W: DIC.B, W: D
IC. C, L: DIC. D, L: DIC. E) ”.

When there is no group to which the dictionary belongs at step S103, the dictionary management means 13 creates a search table for the virtual dictionary 15 according to the order of the list of the real dictionary 2 (step S106).

For example, the search table of the virtual dictionary 15 of the worker X is the list “X (L: DI) of the real dictionary 2 of the worker X.
C. C, L: DIC. D, W: DIC. A) ”, all the headwords are created as follows (FIG. 4).
reference).

Headword: Not updatable Dictionary C data address Not updatable Dictionary D data address Updatable dictionary A data address

Further, the search table of the virtual dictionary 15 of the worker Y is the list "Y (W: DI) of the real dictionary 2 of the worker Y.
C. B, W: DIC. C, L: DIC. D, L: DI
C. From E) ”, all headwords are created as follows (see FIG. 4).

Headword: Updatable dictionary B data address Updatable dictionary C data address Updatable dictionary D data address Updatable dictionary E data address

When the construction of the search table for the virtual dictionary 15 is completed, the dictionary search means 16 causes the management data separation means 12 to operate.
The virtual dictionary 15 is searched according to the type of dictionary access request with the entry word received from.

More specifically, when the dictionary access request is a dictionary update request (step S201), the dictionary search means 1
6 inputs the search table of the virtual dictionary 15 corresponding to the entry word (step S202), acquires one set of write flag, dictionary name and data address from the search table (step S203), and checks the acquired write flag. (Step S204). If the write flag is writable, the dictionary search means 16 updates the dictionary data pointed to by the acquired data address of the real dictionary 2 having the acquired dictionary name (step S205), and returns the control to step S203. If the write flag is not writable in step S204, the dictionary search means 16 determines whether or not the write flags have been checked for all dictionary names in the search table (step S206), and if not checked, the process proceeds to step S203. Return control. Step S2
If the write flags are checked for all dictionary names in the search table in 06, the dictionary search means 16 ends the process.

For example, when the worker X makes a dictionary update request to update the entry word Q, the dictionary C and D cannot be written by the search table of the virtual dictionary 15 shown in FIG. Only the Q dictionary data is updated. Since the priority of the dictionary A is lower than that of the dictionary C and the dictionary D, the dictionary data of the dictionary C is always referred to when the dictionary reference is requested. Therefore, the dictionary data of the entry word Q of the dictionary A is updated later. It does not affect the work of the worker X. In addition, even for a worker Y who uses the same dictionary C and D as the worker X, the headword Q of the dictionary A by the worker X is used.
Updating the dictionary data of does not affect.

Further, when the worker Y makes a dictionary update request to update the headword Q, the dictionary table D of the virtual dictionary 15 shown in FIG. The dictionary data of word Q is updated. Since the priority of the dictionary B is higher than that of the dictionary D and the dictionary E, the update of the dictionary data of the entry word Q of the dictionary B can influence the work of the worker Y thereafter. Further, the update of the dictionary data of the entry word Q of the dictionary B by the worker Y can affect the worker X who uses the same dictionary C and D as the worker Y.

On the other hand, when the dictionary access request is a dictionary reference request (step S301), the dictionary search means 16
Inputs the search table of the virtual dictionary 15 corresponding to the entry word (step S302), and acquires a set of the first dictionary name and address from the search table (step S30).
3) The dictionary data pointed to by the acquired data address of the real dictionary 2 having the acquired dictionary name is acquired (step S3).
04) and outputs to the output means 17 (step S30).
5).

The output means 17 passes the dictionary data, which is the result of the dictionary reference request output from the dictionary search means 16, to the input / output interface device 3.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, a dictionary management table, an input means, a management data separating means, a dictionary managing means, a dictionary searching means and an output means are provided, and a virtual dictionary is created from a real dictionary to create a plurality of virtual dictionaries. By managing the shared dictionary between workers, it is possible to easily manage the shared dictionary and solve problems such as an error of one worker affecting all workers. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a shared dictionary lookup device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of a real dictionary in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of management information of a dictionary management table in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of a virtual dictionary in FIG.

5 is a flow chart showing a process of constructing a virtual dictionary by the dictionary management means in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing when a dictionary update request is made by the dictionary search means in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process when a dictionary reference request is made by the dictionary search means in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shared Dictionary Lookup Device 2 Real Dictionary 3 Input / Output Interface Device 11 Input Means 12 Management Data Separation Means 13 Dictionary Management Means 14 Dictionary Management Table 15 Virtual Dictionaries 16 Dictionary Search Means 17 Output Means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary management table that stores management information that represents a relationship between a worker and a real dictionary that the worker can access, input means that inputs a dictionary access request from an input / output interface device, and this input means. Management data separating means for separating a headword and a data other than the headword for drawing a dictionary from the dictionary access request inputted by the dictionary access table, and the data other than the headword separated by the management data separating means. And a dictionary management means for constructing a virtual dictionary from a real dictionary by collating with, a dictionary search means for searching the virtual dictionary with the entry words separated by the management data separation means, and a result searched by the dictionary search means. A shared dictionary lookup device, comprising: output means for passing to the input / output interface device. 2. The dictionary management table is based on worker information including a dictionary name used by a worker and information on whether to update the dictionary and a group name to which the worker belongs, and a dictionary name used by the group and information on whether to update the dictionary. The shared dictionary lookup device according to claim 1, further comprising: belonging group information. 3. The dictionary management means, if the worker's first dictionary access request, inputs worker information and belonging group information from the dictionary management table to create a list of real dictionaries used by the worker. The shared dictionary lookup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the virtual dictionary search table is created according to the order of the list of the real dictionary. 4. A search table in which the virtual dictionary comprises headwords, write flags, dictionary names, and data addresses,
The shared dictionary lookup device according to claim 1, comprising a dictionary data section of the real dictionary. 5. A real dictionary having a dictionary name when the dictionary search means inputs a search table of a virtual dictionary corresponding to a headword when the dictionary access request is a dictionary update request, and if the write flag is writable 5. The shared dictionary lookup device according to claim 4, which updates the dictionary data pointed to by the data address. 6. When the dictionary access request is a dictionary reference request, the dictionary search means inputs a search table of the virtual dictionary corresponding to the entry word, and the data of the real dictionary having the first dictionary name on the search table. The shared dictionary lookup device according to claim 4, wherein the dictionary data pointed to by the address is referred to.